Ambracia

Ambracia
Ambrăcĭa, ae, f., = Ambrakia,
I.
A town in the south of Epirus, upon the gulf of the same name, now Arta, Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4; Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 6; Caes. B. C. 3, 36; Liv. 38, 4.—Hence,
II.
A.. Ambrăcĭ-ensis, e, adj., Ambracian, Liv. 38, 43.— Subst. plur., the inhabitants of Ambracia, Liv. 38, 43.—†
B.
Ambrăcĭōtēs, ae, m., = Ambrakiôtês, Ambracian; hence, vinum... Ambraciotes (v. abrotonites), Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 76.—
C.
Ambrăcĭus, a, um, adj., Ambracian (more freq. than Ambraciensis), Ov. H. 15, 164; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4:

Sinus Ambracius,

 Liv. 38, 4; Mel. 2, 3, in which Octavius conquered Antony and Cleopatra in a naval engagement: Ambraciae frondes, i.e. the laurel crown of the victors in the Actian games (v. Actium and Actiacus), Stat. S. 2, 2, 8.

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